Thomas D. Miller, Jr., 61, Loved Family;
Enjoyed Teaching, Helping Others
Thomas D. Miller, Jr., 61, a beloved son, husband and father, passed away on Friday, April 25, 2025, in Summit, New Jersey, surrounded by family. Born in Richmond, Virginia, to Thomas and Marianne Miller, Tom spent his childhood in Westfield, New Jersey, before moving to Indiana, Pennsylvania. Tom earned his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management from Carnegie Mellon University in 1986. Following graduation, he began his career at Citicorp in their operations training program. This catalyzed a successful and diverse career in operations management and trading for several banks, sales leadership for Bloomberg LP and financial software development for Matrix Applications. Tom had extensive knowledge of financial products and software sales, but his true skills lay in his ability to be a leader. He loved to teach and mentor others. For the last eight years of his life, Tom worked for Matrix Applications in New York City, where he served as the Managing Director of their product development group.
Tom lived an active life outside of his career. Tom’s innate curiosity was reflected in his countless interests, which ranged from cycling, motorcycle and horseback riding to language study, playing the guitar, astronomy, woodworking and photography, just to name a few. Tom also loved to travel. He had a goal to travel to Japan next year and had been taking Japanese lessons on Duolingo every day for 391 days. He never ever missed a day. He enjoyed science fiction novels and books focused on strengthening his intelligence and mind and solving problems at work. Tom had an enduring love of music which was wide ranging, from The Clash and The Who to more esoteric and modern classical pieces.
Each pursuit reflected his respect for beautiful systems, whether natural, manmade, or imagined.
Supporting his community was also important to Tom: in his 20’s, he taught weekly math classes to young people trying to get their GED at the Odyssey House, a drug and rehab center in NYC; he was a town council treasurer from 1997 to 2001; he assisted with his son’s Cub Scouts troop, and he served from 2016 to 2019 as the treasurer of the Westfield High School Band Parents Association. Helping others was paramount to the kind of person that Tom was and his legacy of helping others continued after his death by donating his organs to those in need. Above all else, Tom’s family was most important to him. He and his wife, Elizabeth “Liz”, met at Citicorp and were married for 33 years. They have two children: Evelyn, 25, and Wyatt, 23. Together as a family, they enjoyed traveling and sharing their passions with one another.
Tom leaves behind his loving wife, Elizabeth; his children, Evelyn and Wyatt Miller; his parents, Thomas and Marianne Miller of Heathsville, Virginia; his sister, Lucie André, and her husband, Frank, and niece, Parrish, of Baltimore, Maryland, and a vast circle of extended family, friends and colleagues who will miss his wit, wisdom, support and loyalty.
A memorial gathering celebrating Tom’s life will be held on Saturday, June 7, at 11 a.m., at The Presbyterian Church in Westfield, New Jersey. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mane Stream, Inc., Friends of Virgin Islands National Park, Bike New York or an organization meaningful to the donor.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by Memorial Funeral Home in Fanwood.
May 8, 2025
